Improved harness-tug



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J. S. H. DICKINSON, OFJ'ACKSON, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 91,425, dated June 15, 1869.

IMPROVED HARNESS-TUG.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ol the lame.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, J. S; H. DIcKINsoN, of Jackson, inthe county of Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention, as applied to traces, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

My invention relates to improvements iu the fastenings of the straps of harness, which may be applied wherever the ordinary buckle is used, thereby dispensing with the latter, which weakens the harness materially, by reason of the perfoi'ations which must be made for the insertion of the buckle-tongue; and to this end,

My invention consists in the employment of a metallic piece, bent at its outer end, and attached to the end 0f one strap, which is made toflt into a corresponding hole in a metal plate attached toanother strap, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing I have represented my improvement as applied to harness-traces.

A is the short piece of the trace, having the metal ,lic piece B at its forward end, into which the staple of the harness is made to enter in the ordinary manner.

To this strap A are irmly riveted, or otherwise secured, the metallic plates c c c, having perforations at their centres, with oblique slots o o.

D is a metallic loop, open at its upper end, and attached to the strap A.

H is a metallic plate attached to the hinder end of the strap A, and provided with a loop, I.

O represents the long piece of the trace, to the forward end of which is securely fastened the arm d, having its forward end, c, bent. (See fig. 2.)

mis a projection on the bent end e of the arm d, which is made to enter the oblique slot o in the perfor-ations c.

By this method of fastening together thetwo parts of a trace, the latter is not weakened by the perforations made in it by the. tongue of the buckle ordinarily employed, and thi fastening can be made with much greater facility.

The loop D. is made open at its upper end, so that the long piece of the trace which rests therein may .be readily raised out of said loop, so that the arm d may be turned, that the projections m on the arm d may be brought opposite the slot o, to unilasten or fasten the parts.

This invention may be applied to other parts of harness, as, for example, in attaching the crupper-strap to a strap connected with the saddle.

It may also be applied as the fastening ofthe trace to the single-tree, the bent arm d being, in this case, attached to the hinder end of the longer piece of the trace, and made to enter the metallic piece c, the latter being attached to the end of the single-tree.

I therefore do not conline my invention to its employment in harness-traces or tugs only.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The perforated metallic plates c c, provided with oblique slots o o, bent arm (l, having a projection, m, at its forward end, and secured to the trace C, in combination with the loop D, all arranged, constructed, and operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

To the above I have signed my name, this 30th day of March, 1869.

Witnesses: J. S. H. DIOKIN SON.

PHIL. F. LARNER, GEO. W. Rornwnnr.. 

